Sep 23, 2020 · Obama's attorneys general: Holder and Lynch Eric H. Holder Jr. served as attorney general from 2009-2015, when he was succeeded by Loretta E. Lynch. They were the first African-American man and ...
Apr 23, 2015 · Lynch, the US attorney for the eastern district of New York, was nominated by Barack Obama last November to replace Eric Holder, who was the first African American attorney general in US history.
Mar 12, 2017 · In March 1993, Janet Reno began her tenure as President Bill Clinton's attorney general by summarily firing United States attorneys for …
Mar 13, 2015 · Certainly some generals sacked during Obama’s tenure (for incompetence or misbehavior) deserved it. But others have seen their careers cut short by crossing the administration in one way or ...
PolitiFact tracked promises Obama made about criminal justice. It found that Obama kept many promises he made during his presidency, including to: 1 Appoint a special adviser to the president on violence against women. 2 Fully fund the Violence Against Women Act. 3 Initiate a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime. 4 Restore funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program.
After the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the choking death of Eric Garner on Staten Island in New York City, both in 2014, Obama established the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing. The task force in 2015 urged that police killings be investigated by independent prosecutors.
It found that Obama kept many promises he made during his presidency, including to: Appoint a special adviser to the president on violence against women. Fully fund the Violence Against Women Act. Initiate a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime.
A consent decree is a court-ordered agreement between law enforcement and the Department of Justice to correct systemic misconduct in police departments. Slobogin said because of the administration's negotiations with a dozen cities, it "substantially changed the structure and conduct of police departments.".
He won 92 of the state's 102 counties, including several where Democrats have not historically done well.
Obergefell v. Hodges. The United States Senate career of Barack Obama began on January 3, 2005, and ended on November 16, 2008. He resigned his seat in the U.S. Senate upon being elected President of the United States.
Obama hired Pete Rouse, a 30-year veteran of national politics and former chief of staff to Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, as his chief of staff, and economist Karen Kornbluh, former deputy chief of staff to Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, as his policy director.
t. e. The United States Senate career of Barack Obama began on January 3, 2005, and ended on November 16, 2008. He resigned his seat in the U.S. Senate upon being elected President of the United States. Obama won the seat in an election against Alan Keyes who replaced Republican Primary election winner Jack Ryan .
In September 2006, Obama voted for a related bill, the Secure Fence Act, authorizing construction of fencing and other security improvements along the United States–Mexico border. President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act into law in October 2006, calling it "an important step toward immigration reform.".
In August 2005, he traveled with Richard Lugar to Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan.